How To Install python-inflect on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-inflect on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-inflect
python-inflect is:
The inflect Python module correctly generates plurals, singular nouns, ordinals and indefinite articles. It can also convert numbers to words.
This package contains the Python 2 version of this module.
There are three methods to install python-inflect on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-inflect Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-inflect using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-inflect
Install python-inflect Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-inflect using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-inflect
Install python-inflect Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-inflect using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-inflect
How To Uninstall python-inflect on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-inflect package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-inflect
Uninstall python-inflect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-inflect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-inflect
Remove python-inflect Configurations and Data
To remove python-inflect configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-inflect
Remove python-inflect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-inflect configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-inflect
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-inflect package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
